Support for spinning-spindles



(No Model.)

WHINOHLIPPB. `SUPPORT FOR SPINNING SPINDLES.

No. 433,897. Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. y

VILLIAM HINCI-ILIFFE, OE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF TO GEORGE DRAPER 95 SONS,.OF IC-IOPEDALE, MASSAGHUSETTS.

SUPPORT FOR SPINNING-SPINDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,897, dated August 5, 1890.

Application filed January 28, 1890. Serial No. 338,354. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- screw-thread. The bolster has suitable oil- Be it known that I, WILLIAM HINCHLIFFE, holes F. 55

of Nashville, county of Davidson, State of The supporting-case is provided with a Tennessee, have invented an Improvement in spring ring or look C, having a projection C',

Supports for Spinning-Spindles, of which the which passes through an opening K 1n the following description, in connection with the supporting-case and enters one of the said accompanying drawings, is a specification, oil-holes F or a suitable notch in the bolster, 6o

. like letters on the drawings representing' like the said projection serving to prevent the parts. loosely-held bolster not only from rotation 1o This invention has for its object to provide with the spindle, but also from being dropped a spindle-support with a simple and effective out of the supporting-case when the latter 1s locking device to prevent the bolster from ronot in place on the rail or from being lifted tat-ing with the spindle, and also to prevent from the supporting-case by the spindle.' the bolster from dropping out of the support- It is of advantage to keep the bolsterin the r 5 ing-case when the latter is being handled off case and prevent its accidental removal and the frame. I have also provided novel and possible loss and fracture while the case is ott' simple means for adjusting the step yvertithe rail. cally to thereby keep it at the proper height The disks constituteavery simple and cheap with relation to the lower end of the bolster means for adjusting the height of the step.

zo when the bolsterhasataperinginternal open- The lock can be easily detached and the ing to receive the tapering pintle ot a sleevebolster removed when desired. n

whirl spindle. In Fig. l, where the curb L, forming part Figure l in elevation and section shows a of the case E, is shown in section, it will be spindle and its supports embodying one form noticed that the inner side of the curb is pro- 5 of my invention. Fig. 2 shows one form of vided wit-h an annular vgroove M to receive the locking device removed. the ring-like lock, the said ring or lock being Y The spindle A, having a sleeve-whirl A', thereby held against vertical Inotion or dis- 8o has a tapering pintle A2, which sets in and placement in the curb. its a conical or tapering seat in the bolster I claim- 3o B, shown as resting on the shoulder B of the l. The spindle having a tapering pintle, the supporting-case. The shank of the supportbolster-case, the loosely-held bolster therein ing-case E is hollow, as at Il, and is held in having a tapering opening, and the cup-nut place on the rail bya cup-nut D, screwed upon having a central chamber, combined with' a the said shank, as in Fig. l, the cup-nut havstep placed loosely in the said chamber, and

3 5 ing a longitudinal central chamber I, in which with a series of disks on which the step rests, is placed a loosely-fitting step G, the upper change in the number or thickness of the said end of the step preferably entering the cendisks effecting the adjustment of the step vertral opening H in the shank of the supporttically, substantially as described. ing-case E. The cup-nut and the chamber 2. The supporting-case having the inner 4o in which the step stands will in practice be side of its curb grooved, as described, and alled, orl substantially so, with oil, which will loose bolsterset into the supporting-case, comcushion the step in its lateral movementwith bined with a ring-like lock held in place the foot of the spindle. The lower end of the against vertical movement by the said curb step rests on a pile of small metal disks a, and having a projection to engage and pre- 45 which in practice will be of diierent thickvent rotation of the bolster within the supnesses, so that a greater or less number of porting-case, substantially as described. such disks may be used to keep the top of the In testimony whereof I have signed my step at just the proper height to receive the name to this specification in the presence of foot of the spindle and yet insure the desired two subscribing witnesses.

5o relative positions for the tapering surface of WILLIAM HINCHLIFFE.

the pintle and the tapering interior of the lVitnesses: bolster. The employment of these disks ob- ED. BEAN,

viates connecting the bolster and step by a THOMAS RIDINGS. 

